George William Featherstonhaugh
British geologist
Died when: 86 years 172 days (1037 months)Star Sign: Aries
George William Featherstonhaugh FRS (/'f??rst?nh??/ FEER-st?n-haw; 9 April 1780, in London – 28 September 1866, in Le Havre) was a British-American geologist and geographer.
He was one of the proposers of the Albany and Schenectady Railroad and was the first geologist to the US government.
He surveyed portions of the Louisiana Purchase for the US government.
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